| Bryndís Hlöðversdóttir (BH) | |
| Office1: | Member of the Althing |
| Constituency1: | Reykjavík North |
| Term Start1: | 10 May 2003 |
| Term End1: | 1 August 2005 |
| Successor1: | Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir |
| Constituency2: | Reykjavík |
| Term Start2: | 8 April 1995 |
| Term End2: | 10 May 2003 |
| Birth Date: | 8 October 1960 |
| Birth Place: | Selfoss, Iceland |
| Party: | Social Democratic Alliance |
| Alma Mater: | University of Iceland |
Bryndís Hlöðversdóttir (born 8 October 1960) is an Icelandic politician and former member of the Althing.[1] A member of the Social Democratic Alliance, she represented the Reykjavík constituency from April 1995 to May 2003 and the Reykjavík North constituency from May 2003 to August 2005.[2]
Bryndís was born on 8 October 1960 in Selfoss.[1] [3] She is the daughter of security guard Hlöðver Kristjánsson and paramedic Kristjana Esther Jónsdóttir and has eight siblings - five brothers and three sisters.[1] [4] She lived in several places as a child - Skálmholt in Flóahreppur, Ey II in Vestur Landeyjahreppur and Kópavogur.[4] She graduated from the Flensburg Polytechnic in Hafnarfjörður in 1982 and received a law degree from the University of Iceland (HÍ) in 1992.[1] [4]
Bryndís was an office worker in Reykjavík from 1982 and 1987 and an employee of the Ministry of Justice from 1990 to 1992.[1] [5] She was a lawyer at the Icelandic Confederation of Labour (ASÍ) from 1992 to 1995.[1] She was a part-time tutor at Bifröst University from 2004 to 2005 before serving as dean of the university's Faculty of Law (2005–2011) and rector (2011–2013).[1] [6] She has served on the board of several state-owned organisations: Salary Guarantee Fund (Icelandic: Ábyrgðasjóður launa), Orkuveita Reykjavíkur, Landsvirkjun, Eignasel ehf and Shopkeepers' Pension Fund (Icelandic: Lífeyrissjóður verzlunarmanna).[4] [7] She became chair of the Landsvirkjun energy company in September 2010.[8] She was personnel manager at the state-owned Landspítali hospital from 2013 and 2015.[1] [9] Bryndís was on the board of the Icelandic Women's Rights Association from 1992 and 1997 and served as its chair from 1995 to 1997.[1] [4] She was elected to the Althing at the 1995 parliamentary election.[1] She was chair of the social democratic parliamentary group from February 2001 to January 2004.[2] She resigned from the Althing in August 2005 after being appointed dean at Bifröst University and was replaced by Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir.[10] [11] In May 2015 she was appointed State Mediator (Icelandic: Ríkissáttasemjari) by Minister of Social Affairs and Housing Eygló Harðardóttir.[12] She was appointed head of the Prime Minister's Office in November 2019.[13] [14] In April 2024 she was appointed head of the Ministry of Food after Bjarni Benediktsson became prime minister.[15] [16]
Bryndís married carpenter Jóel Jóelsson in July 1984 and business analyst Hákon Gunnarsson in December 2001 but both marriages ended in divorce.[1] She has two sons with Hákon.[1] [4]
| Constituency | scope=col colspan="2" | Party | scope=col | Votes | scope=col | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 parliamentary[17] | Elected | |||||
| 1999 parliamentary[18] | Elected | |||||
| 2003 parliamentary[19] | Elected |